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Another fine book set in the segregated South of the 50s and 60s

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 25, 2012 | D.G. Martin

If the setting and theme of Walter Bennett’s new book, “Leaving Tuscaloosa,” remind you of other books by North Carolina authors, you will not be alone. Bennett will be the guest on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch this...

Clyde Edgerton: Translating memories into fiction

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 20, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Is he just writing about himself? The many fans of Wilmington-based author Clyde Edgerton often ask this question when they are reading his books a they come to parts that are just too real to be made up. As Edgerton explains on...

Autumn reading suggestions from North Carolina Bookwatch

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 17, 2011 | D.G. Martin

It is reading time again. So, courtesy of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, I have some autumn reading (and early Christmas gift) suggestions for your consideration. Charles Frazier’s new book “Nightwoods” will be on this...

Basketball and the small cracks in the wall of segregation

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 30, 2011 | D.G. Martin

The best thing about the new movie and best-selling book, “The Help,” may be something other than the compelling story and the view into the relationships between white women and their black servants. So what is this “best...

Dealing with “The Help”

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 23, 2011 | D.G. Martin

“You-all afraid if we take over we might treat y’all like you treated us. And you might be right.” It sounds like something Minny, one of the characters in “The Help” (either the book or the new movie), might say to one of the...

Clyde Edgerton

Another fine book set in the segregated South of the 50s and 60s

Clyde Edgerton: Translating memories into fiction

Autumn reading suggestions from North Carolina Bookwatch

Basketball and the small cracks in the wall of segregation

Dealing with “The Help”

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